Dream Boy Quotes

“Nathan’s mother is thinking about the body of Christ and the wings of angels. Her spirit lightens in the safety, the sanctity, of the church. Dark hair surrounds her pretty oval face. Light from the stained-glass window tints her skin. Nathan thinks about the body of the son of the farmer who owns the house Nathan’s parents rented three weeks ago.”
― Jim Grimsley, Dream Boy

“The space between them has grown strong, suddenly. A room in which they are always walking.”
― Jim Grimsley, Dream Boy

“Nathan speaks suddenly, with violence, against Roy’s shoulder. “I like you a whole lot. I really do. And I want you to like me the same way.” “I do,” he says.”
― Jim Grimsley, Dream Boy

“Algebra is simple.”
― Jim Grimsley, Dream Boy